COPPA: The Final Word On July 1, 2013, sweeping new regulations for marketing to children take effect. In updating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule, the Federal Trade Commission has extended its reach to new businesses and new information. Even if you were safe in the past, you may not be in this brave [...]
Aristotle’s Integrity™ Gives Kids’ Sites “Safe Harbor” Using FTC-Approved Methods December 20, 2012 (Washington, DC) — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), clarifying and updating the decade-old law protecting children’s information on line. The new “Rule” specifies how sites catering to children must handle personal [...]
A federal law intended to protect children’s privacy may unwittingly lead them to reveal too much on Facebook, a provocative new academic study shows, in the latest example of how difficult it is to regulate the digital lives of minors. Facebook prohibits children under 13 from signing up for an account, because of the Children’s Online Privacy [...]
Two congressmen voiced concerns Monday following a Wall Street Journal report that Facebook was exploring ways to let kids join the social network without lying about their age. Massachusetts Democrat Ed Markey and Texas Republican Joe Barton fired off a letter to Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg with 14 paragraphs’ worth of questions about technology the [...]
Many Internet alcohol vendors are lax at verifying that customers are of legal age, making it easy for teens to buy alcohol, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill asked eight volunteers between the ages of 18 and 20 to attempt to purchase alcohol from 100 of [...]
Aristotle’s J. Blair Richardson Jr. will be speaking at the Internet Gaming Regulation Symposium on the topic of Age and ID Verification on May 18th, 2012. The UNLV Boyd School of Law is sponsoring a symposium and the publication of a comparative law book on best practices as it relates to the regulation of Internet [...]
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In Theatres Now! See the Red Band Trailer Courtesy of Age Verification by INTEGRITY All your favorite American Pie characters we met a little more than a decade ago are returning to East Great Falls, Michigan for their high-school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t and that [...]
Sites focusing on children are empowered by innovative mechanisms without compromising safety The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved The Integrity Children’s Privacy Compliance Program, designed by Aristotle International, as a “safe harbor” program under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) on Friday. The COPPA rule grants websites that target viewers ages 13 and under [...]
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